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Shannon Sharpe Says Lakers' LeBron James Wouldn't Be Great NFL TE: 'Hell No'

Shannon Sharpe is one of media's biggest LeBron James supporters, but even he is skeptical about whether the Los Angeles Lakers star could have made it in the NFL.

"Hell no! He don't know how to get off press," Sharpe said during an appearance on the Kelce brothers' New Heights podcast. "They're gonna press him. You'd be foolish not to press him. Because he's gonna jump over top of you and catch it."

James was a highly touted football prospect in high school before quitting to focus on basketball. He flirted with the idea of an NFL tryout during the 2011 NBA lockout and said he believes he could have made an NBA roster.